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Fine Icons from a Distinguished Private Collection

A selection of fine icons from a distinguished collection in the USA. 

17c Russian Icon - Miracle of St. George Slaying the Dragon

Ca. 1650-1700 Northern Russian Icon depicting the Miracle of St. George Slaying the Dragon.

  • ID# 59-81-SSI-35
  • Size 28 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (72.8 x 59.6 cm)
  • Age ca. 1650-1700
  • Origin Northern Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross

16c Russian Icon of the Resurrection and the Descent into Hell (Anastasis)

A 16th-century icon depicting the Descent Into Hades and Anastasis (the Resurrection). Christ is shown in two scenes – above in the act of Resurrection and below in his descent into Hades, breaking down the doors of Hell, binding Satan and rescuing Adam and Eve. Behind them follow the kings, the prophets, and the righteous of the Old Testament, David and Solomon wearing the crowns, John the Baptist with the scroll in hand. Feast day: Easter Sunday.

  • ID# 68-82-SSI-5
  • Size 11 3/8 x 10 inches (30 x 25.5 cm)
  • Age ca. 16th century
  • Origin Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross

17c Russian Icon - the New Testament Holy Trinity (Soprestolie)

A fine icon depicting the New Testament Holy Trinity (Soprestolie), Moscow (?), ca. 1650-1700 painted in the tradition of the late Stroganov School. The Holy Trinity depicted within an arch-shaped frame set with cherubim, seraphim, and symbols of the Four Evangelists with the background of partially-gilded stylized plants. The ground is stripped to gesso.

  • ID# 55-76-SS-4
  • Size 13 9/16 x 11 3/16 inches. (34.5 × 29.1 cm)
  • Age ca. 1650 - 1700
  • Origin Late Stroganov school, Moscow (?)
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross

Russian Icon - Savior of Smolensk in silver revetment cover

An icon of the Savior of Smolensk in a gilded silver oklad revetment cover, Ivan Zakharov, Moscow, 1868, held in a glazed wood kiot shadow frame. The icon showing the Savior at full length with figures of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (left) and the Venerable Varlaam of Khutyn (right). His robes are chased and engraved in imitation of draped cloth and His applied halo pierced and engraved. The oklad’s borders are cast and chased with scrolling vines against a stippled ground.

Marks: Struck on the lower border and at lower left on the halo with maker’s mark, Moscow hallmarks with 84 silver standard (.875).

Condition: The icon with numerous minor areas of loss, inpainting, and discoloration. The oklad with minor dings, primarily to the borders.

  • ID# 14-21-SSI-6
  • Size 12 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄4 in. (31.8 × 26 cm)
  • Age ca. Mid-19th century, the oklad, 1868
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Gilded silver, egg tempera and gesso on wood panel, wood, glass
  • Price Price upon request
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross

Fine Russian Icon - Selected Healing Saints

Icon with selected saints painted full-figured in three registers.

  • ID# 81-SSI-4
  • Size 10 in x 12 in (25.5 cm x 30.5 cm)
  • Age Ca. 1880s
  • Origin Icon painting village of Palekh
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price Price upon request

Menological Minea Calendar Icon for the Month of October

A minea (calendar) icon for the month of October painted in the style of the famous icon-painting village of Mstera, the first half of the 19th century.

  • ID# 47-66-SSI-2
  • Size 11 3⁄4 x 9 3/8 in. (28.7 × 23.7 cm)
  • Age ca. first half of the 19th century
  • Origin Icon painting village of Mstera
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross

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